#grumblebee-trilogy

[klovenhooves]

Today was amazing. I got to see the beautiful, ethereal @grumblebee-trilogy, and she got to see me perform a play (and saw my script performed) and we found out later that WE WON BEST DRAMA.

[wellreadfan]

💛💛💛💛💛

Bee, I can honestly say that talking to you for the first time was one of the best Fandom Decisions I ever made. I was kind of shy (Shy Chy) and didn’t engage outside of strictly Fandom Related Things for a while with anyone here, but today I am proud to call you a friend (and one with one real life degree of separation we found out about, which is wild).Your fic always thrills me, almost to the point of obsession that I haven’t felt since I was a Teenager Who Felt Too Much about my favorite media. I send ask after ask and prompt after prompt and you are patient and indulge me and even enjoy them, which feels so good.You are so very kind and beautiful, like some sort of mythical creature. Your mop is adorable and the degree to which you love her is indicative of how big your heart is and hearing you talk about her and post pics of her always makes me smile. And you are a fantastic artist; creativity flows through you in the written word and through pictures, and it is a blessing to get to experience both of them, and more importantly you as a person.

[grumblebee-trilogy]

Fathoms & Foundlings Playlist

Song For A Siren - The Jane Austen Argument // Palleas et Melisande III. Sicilienne - Faure // Out of My League- Stephen Speaks // The Storm - Little Mermaid OST// A River Flows In You - Yiruma // Tour of the Kingdom - Little Mermaid OST// Part of Your World (reprise) - Little Mermaid OST// The Firebird Suite Finale - Stravinsky

[jacepens]

It’s that time again! Wonderful Washette Wednesday!! You can read a bit more about what it specifically means in the first post here.

I feel like this author and fic don’t need an introduction, but maybe that’s just me being a big fan. Anyway, without further ado this week I’d like to share...

@grumblebee-trilogy ‘s Fathoms and Foundlings!!

This one is multi-chapter and incomplete as of now but I promise it’s absolutely worth reading. Also did I mention mermaids? Did I mention a beautiful amount of cold cuddles? Crushes?!

It’s just beautiful and a very cozy read, you know?

Ok ok, I just adore this fic and even if this doesn’t seem like the fic for you, I must highly encourage you to go check out their AO3 and the other things they’ve posted! You will not be disappointed, I promise. It’s just all fantastic!

Anyway, thank you for joining me this week! (Here’s to hoping I’ll be consistent now) Have a Wonderful Washette Wednesday!:) <3 Oh and, don’t be shy to reblog and add your own praises!

(p.s. any creator I’ve showcased any week can contact me to ask me to edit or take down a post)

[silverdragonoid]

(Hi Jacepens here! I forgot you can only use your main account in asks, oof) Anyway, I’m gonna say for the ask game, an all-around Turn fandom ask:) I’m interested to see your opinions! Ok, thank you <3

(Dw I know it’s you, my Prince<3) I will include your Turn-related prompts from your second ask here so I have the whole package here. I hope you don’t mind

001 | Fandom: Turn: Washington’s Spies

Favorite character: Benjamin Tallmadge (you’ll see him listed here a lot)

Least Favorite character: Arnold

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): BenWash, Washette, Abi x Akinbode, André x Peggy, Halemadge (bonus: Admund x astronomy)

Character I find most attractive: aaaaargh! So many to choose from! but I’d put Bennyboy and Gwash on the same level for me

Character I would marry: (MY GORGEOUS ANGEL-) Ben.

Character I would be best friends with: Sackett & Caleb

a random thought: wAsHeTtE’s DeLeTeD sCeNe + the club of those who didn’t deserve it

An unpopular opinion: (dunno if this counts as one but I really can’t come up with something-) Though the show is brilliant and I love it with my entire heart, a filmed version of the historically more accurate story would be cool too; I mean their youthful, reckless bachelor lives without family drama but just the gang doing their stuff + the missing characters

My Canon OTP: Abigail x Akinbode

My Non-canon OTP: BenWash, Washingharem

Most Badass Character: Mary Woodhull (honorable mention: that one scene... where Ben... slays those red coats... and that aesthetic blood...)

Most Epic Villain: Rogers

Pairing I am not a fan of: Simcoe x anyone (except Lola)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Laf & Ham had too little screen-time

Favourite Friendship: Ben & Caleb, Abigail & Peggy

Character I most identify with: it’s this weird mix of Ben and George

Character I wish I could be: Major Tight-pants

002 | Ship: BenWash

When I started shipping them: tbh... a Hamilton/Turn (BenWash-including) fanfic was the reason I found out about Turn, so I kinda saw them together before I even watched it. But when I consciously fell for them? Somewhere during season 2 I guess (can’t remember well as I binged everything in 4 days)

My thoughts: (a perfect portrayal of my feelings when I see/think of them)

What makes me happy about them: their synergy, their brains, their tension, their relationship, I JUST LOVE THEM OKAY?????

What makes me sad about them: how bad they handle feelings and stubbornness (period-typical homophobia put aside)

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: ehh... ehh... not particularly with BenWash, but generally OOC

Things I look for in fanfic: character depth, writing style as from @grumblebee-trilogy because omg, 

My wishlist: the product isn’t specified so the list: the whole series on blue-ray (I’m saving for it atm), those fan-made Funkopops of Laf, Ham, Ben, George, and considering fanfic -.things I cannot say (or write) out loudly. But, oh right! Fan art. Because there’s basically none of them T-T *cries in her corner*

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: “ending up” excludes Nathan Hale, right? :’( and for George: Alex, Laf, Martha

My happily ever after for them: there’s no possibility in canonverse so I’d already be happy with ‘keeping their time in fond memory, meeting regularly, and staying comfortable around each other (and MAYBE some stolen touches)’

003 | Character: Mary Woodhull

How I feel about this character: she’s badass and a psycho but loyal and cunning af and I adore her. While she did mistakes, too, they were mostly a result of Abe’s stupidity. She deserves better

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: eh...

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: uh idk... maybe Simcoe? Because he kinda respected her for her mind?

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t know of opinions to know if mine align T-T

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: that Abe would have included and appreciated her much earlier so that she didn’t suffer as much (but then the series would have been much shorter)

Favorite friendship for this character: uhm... did she have actual friends of her own? Okay my second wish for her is that she has people besides Abe

[oohlalafayette]

Something for my girlfriend @grumblebee-trilogy ‘s fic Devil To Pay, since she FINALLY finished it!

[ladytp-annex]

2020 Fanfic Year in Review

I was tagged by the wonderful @enchi-elm – thank you so much!!

I did a similar “My Fannish Year 2020” in my main blog, a tradition I have done just for fun almost every year since 2012 - but this has some different questions, so here goes!

Total number of completed stories: 4 - although one of them was literally just the last 4 chapters of a 71-chapter fic…

Total number of words: 71,400 or thereabouts

Fandoms written in: ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ (note: NOT the same as Game Thrones – no-no-no-no, not at all!) and ‘Turn: Washington’s Spies’.

Top 5 4 By Word Count:

“Seven Autumns With or Without You” (Turn, Caleb Brewster/ Benjamin Tallmadge (33,395 words)

“This Time, We'll Do Better“, chapters 68-71 (ASOIAF, Sansa Stark/ Sandor Clegane (22,413 words)

“Better” (additional scenes to 'This Time, We'll Do Better') (ASOIAF, Sansa Stark/ Sandor Clegane (9,599 words)

“What Golden Hand Is Good For” (ASOIAF, Brienne of Tarth / Jaime Lannister (5,993 words)

 Top 5 4 By Kudos:

“This Time, We'll Do Better” (2,381)

“Better” (139)

“What Golden Hand Is Good For” (130)

“Seven Autumns With or Without You” (19)

Top Fic Overall: 

“This Time...” is my biggest fic (>300K words) in all aspects – but it was such a joy! I could play in all the sandboxes, it being a time-travel fix-it fic with modern and canon characters, canon and modern settings, where indeed initial wrongs were all fixed. What could be more fun than that! 😄

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected? Hmmm, I expected to have a break and so I indeed did with ASOIAF – but then Turn sneaked out of nowhere and inspired me with fresh inspirations and ideas – and there I go again… 🙄

What’s your own favourite story of the year?

“Seven Autumns...“ – it was a labour of love in the early heydays of falling in love with a new fandom and characters!

Did you take any writing risks this year?

I guess stepping into a new fandom as a new writer, especially into one less active than the one before, is one kind of risk, not knowing what to expect and what kind of fandom it is...

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year?

I would like to write more in both ASOIF and Turn – but smaller stories this time, no more big opuses for me for a while!

Most popular story of the year?

“This Time...”, as mentioned above.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

“Seven Autumns…“ – I personally really love it (LOL, of course I do!) but it may be a reflection of the fandom’s current size and level of activity, that the level of engagement has been overall somewhat low – but I guess I just have been spoiled before... 😌

Most fun story to write?

Again, “Seven Autumns...”! 😁

Most unintentionally telling story?

Not quite sure what this means… but I’m sure there is intention behind all my writing.

Biggest disappointment?

The initial reception of “Seven Autumns…” was a bit of jolt, I’m afraid I must confess… 😬

Biggest surprise:

Connecting with people in Turn fandom – they may be fewer but they are absolutely lovely! MWUAH! 💖🥰🤗

I tag @grumblebee-trilogy, @harrowwharks @musicboxmemories and @problems-turn-fics, if they feel like doing this!

[classof73]

@teaturnedcold / @ben-tallmadge just 'made' me read Runaway by @grumblebee-trilogy on AO3 and I am still reeling after that journey. That fic? Gold. An emotional roller coaster. WHAT HAPPENED TO NATHAN HALE??? HOW DID HE DIE?? I am going feral.

[elrondsscribe]

Why do I love orgy/multi/polyam fics so much?? Is it cuz I’m bi and a ho?

Actually no, I’ve decided I’m gonna blame @mercurygray and @grumblebee-trilogy for creating the Constellation of Lovers verse and getting me invested in American Revolution polyam fic.

[rileymcdaniels]

My Tumblr Crushes:

grumblebee-trilogy

fickleobsessions

xanabiosis

iniquiticity

theseourbodiesrp

alexample

dailyamberheard

mojo-da-jojo

tcnebrism

[klovenhooves]

rules answer 22 questions & tag 22 people you want to know better tagged by @colubrina

nickname(s) Katy, Kat, K, etc  zodiac sign gemini height 5′8″ last movie i saw  Mary, Queen of Scots last thing i googled how to make chris trager’s burger from Parks and Rec favourite musician Stevie Nicks song stuck in my head bellyache by billie eilish other blogs i mostly blog things on instagram. you can find me at @queenculper @darkdelightsmakeup and @verderbereats following some followers others do i get asks NO D: amount of sleep i get I will pretty much cease all functioning if I don’t get at least six. I’m getting old.  lucky numbers I used to think 9, but who knows what i’m wearing work clothes: black slacks, black and white button down and black and white cardigan. dream job getting paid to act, write, and direct. OR running my own restaurant. dream trip literally anywhere that isn’t the countryside in the USA favourite food hot wings, probably instruments i can’t play instruments, just my voice. and even that is....negligible.  languages English, Spanish, French, Russian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, German. favourite songs Uhhhh......(sic) by Slipknot, Sick Like Me by In This Moment, s(aint) by Marilyn Manson, Seven Wonders by Fleetwood Mac, Sally by Gogol Bordello. random fact I have to teach in three minutes. aesthetic NERD>

I TAG: @grumblebee-trilogy @nimravinedae @madi-tumbles @wellreadfan @weareallevilmotherfuckers @cobblypot @michael-langdon6 @xlangdons-evilbabygirlx

[montmartre-parapluie]

Once you get this you have to say 5 nice things about yourself publicly then send this to your 10 favorite followers/mutuals. Non-negotiable, positivity is cool~

So I am SHAMEFULLY late to this  lovely message from @oenothera5....

1) I like the colour of my eyes. Too bad they don’t actually SEE things, but y’know, they’re pretty.

2) I LOVE my height - just half-an inch taller than my little sister, whose lifelong ambition was to be taller than me.

3) I like having compassion. I always try and step into the other person’s shoes.

4) I like being able to make/create things - just my hands and brain working together, and then sometimes I really surprise myself.That’s definitely one of my favourite things

5) My super-power is speed-reading. That came in extremely useful during higher education.

@louisianaspell, @greetingsdr, @grumblebee-trilogy, @annastrxng, @autumninavonlea, @calamity-bean, @stardust-pond, @swisskriss355,  @snapdragonroar, @simcoeandchesterfieldmysavages

[wellreadfan]

@grumblebee-trilogy

My Wife’s Lovers, 1891, Carl Kahler

[segant-enfield]

so @grumblebee-trilogy , that thing you reblogged got this image in my head and I wanted to share it

[oohlalafayette]

A throwback to when @grumblebee-trilogy and I were concocting the pirate/kidnapped noble au that would become Devil To Pay

[comp-lady]

Can you reccomended some BenWash fanfic?

Alright, let us hope my laptop doesn’t shit its pants while I try and put this together! Regretfully this list isn’t exhaustive because I am doing this at Starbucks, also I had to stop reading fic a little while ago for my own health, so I really haven’t read much “new” recently.

For Here Is Rest

Cherry Stems

a heart like a wildflower

All above by @tooeasilyconsidered​, I honestly recommend just reading everything written by Nim. It is all amazing and deserves all the praise.

These Kind of Dreams

Spoils of War

Runaway

Those three by @grumblebee-trilogy, and again I recommend just going through and reading everything written by Bee.

Another Uninnocent, Elegant Fall by catalpawaltz (I think my first benwash fic)